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Overrun with beasties
I was raised on a farm taking care of animals....Now I have my own"farm"and my own herds....I never remember ticks being a problem, much less even seeing a tick on anything but a dog. But this year I've removed a couple ticks from several several of my goats...and no telling how many are left attached because "some" of my girls go out into the pasture and never return until Fall....much less let me look them over....It has been very dry this year and the deer population is OUT OF CONTROL....All the ticks I've found are the common dog tick but, Being this is a new experience, should I worry? Should I saddle the horses get the rope and have a round-up? Or is it nothing to worry about? I know the horses get a seven way shot that gives them some??? protection from tick bites...But my goats don't get anything like that...just the usual vacinations...
The only treatment I had was to spray all my yearling does/billies with insect repellant that I use on the horses....Again I may be overreacting but ticks are new to me and I can't really find any info,that I would trust, concerning goats and ticks.
The only treatment I had was to spray all my yearling does/billies with insect repellant that I use on the horses....Again I may be overreacting but ticks are new to me and I can't really find any info,that I would trust, concerning goats and ticks.